Hi Stephanie,
Some ideas:
- If you have tablets at your library, a free and very good stop motion animation app is Stop Motion Studio (Google Play link | Apple Store link)
- You can try non-stop-motion animations using the OctoStudio app and block coding.
- For more low-tech, if your library has some cameras, the photos can be uploaded to numerous gif-makers online. (Ezgif | gifmaker.me | GIPHY)
If time is limited, it might be helpful to set up camera stations that makes it easy to not have shaky misaligned photos. Bonus: scaffolding the experience can allow for more iterations in a short period of time, which gives learners more feedback on what works and what doesn’t, and supports their learning! - If you’re comfortable with doing things on the command-line or Mac Terminal, there’s a tool called Gifsicle. For easy installation on Mac or Linux, you can use Homebrew, a package manager.
Here’s another set of ideas on stop motion on the forum by @Dave , using iMovie and iPad: Stop Motion Videos
Alternatively, if you want to focus on non-stopping motion, you can try automata with cams, or paper pop-up cards / books also offer a variety of movement-based explorations.